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David Davis, Theresa May, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier meet at the European Commission in BrusselsCredit:
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The Prime Minister delivered an excellent, well-honed speech, with great authority, confidence and grasp of the complexities of the subject on Friday. The depth of thinking right across a host of subjects was in very clear in contrast to the naked opportunism and stunted illogicality of Corbyn’s Labour.

I am personally delighted to see that the clear policy is to have a global Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU in the manner of other independent sovereign nations such as Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and to reject the ‘half in half out’ type proposal such as Norway’s EEA (European Economic Area) or remaining in the Customs Union, both of which would make the UK a rule taker not...